Aaron Freeman

The ancient joke headline goes, "World ends; women, minorities hardest hit." but if Israel attacks Iran's nuclear facilities the black people of both countries will be the first to glow.

If you head south in Chicago, the U.S., Israel, or Iran you'll find black people. Southern Israel's black people,...

As an old American Negro who lived through the 1960's civil right movement, I can assure Israel's racism-suffering Ethiopians of one thing: it gets better.

I can only imagine the insult of having practiced Judaism in biblical Cush for centuries only to have "rabbis" from Germany and Poland declare,...

The National Defense Authorization Act is the most unpatriotic, freedom-slashing, anti-American piece of legislation since the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. Of course the, AASA worked out pretty well.

When the US government was young and fearful for well-propertied life, Congress passed and President John Adams signed a group...

@2011 Sharon Rosenzweig - Aaron Freeman

@2012 Sharon Rosenzweig - Aaron Freeman

In original and fairly outrageous translation of parts of Genesis 46 performed last week at the Aitz Hayim Center for Jewish Living in Glencoe, Ill.

American Negroes have acquired, of necessity, some important skills. We who survived the 60's did so by mastering the art of not frightening white people. We can affect a disarmingly nervous laugh. We know about carrying a bouquet of flowers or tossing a Frisbee as ways of relaxing our melanin-deficient...

First they came for our foie gras... now the Chicago City Council wants to take away our beloved trans fats. Never mind that most Chicagoans couldn't tell a trans fat from a transistor -- if the government wants to take them away from us, by dingies we're gonna fight for...

Somalia has been taken over by black Islamists. Which is sort of like the NBA being conquered by Croatians; it's not really shocking just not what I expected. Even before 9/11 I thought of Islamists as Arabs, though I did notice Usama Bin Laden...

Dear President Carter,

Just kidding Mr. Bush, I know you're the President now, or should I say, You are "The Decider."

But seriously, the Middle East is in deep camel doo and we need to mount our tallest two-humpers to help get it out. The question is, how can we...

This was created for a Passover Seder I attended. I stimulated some good discussions so I offer it here. - a